diff --git a/mm/share_pool.c b/mm/share_pool.c
index 4fb594491ccefabfb7616a9e3f204ef7e04b1753..aa0d16a7befed717b3b0e2efe74b9b201882afce 100644
--- a/mm/share_pool.c
+++ b/mm/share_pool.c
@@ -3809,10 +3809,12 @@ int proc_sp_group_state(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 	if (!mm)
 		return 0;
 
+	down_read(&sp_group_sem);
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_lock);
 	master = mm->sp_group_master;
 	if (!master) {
 		up_read(&mm->mmap_lock);
+		up_read(&sp_group_sem);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -3847,6 +3849,7 @@ int proc_sp_group_state(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 		seq_putc(m, '\n');
 	}
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_lock);
+	up_read(&sp_group_sem);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4127,6 +4130,7 @@ static int proc_usage_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 			"PID", "COMM", "SP_ALLOC", "SP_K2U", "SP_RES", "Non-SP_RES",
 			"Non-SP_Shm", "VIRT");
 
+	down_read(&sp_group_sem);
 	mutex_lock(&master_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(master, &master_list, list_node) {
 		proc_stat = &master->instat;
@@ -4142,6 +4146,7 @@ static int proc_usage_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
 				page2kb(master->mm->total_vm));
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&master_list_lock);
+	up_read(&sp_group_sem);
 
 	return 0;
 }